Overview
- Japan’s meteorological agency issued tsunami warnings for the northeast coast with possible heights up to three meters.
- A first wave reached 40 centimeters at Aomori and 20 centimeters at Hokkaido according to official measurements.
- The quake struck at a depth of about 50 kilometers off Aomori’s eastern coast, with shaking felt in Tokyo and a peak intensity of 6+ on Japan’s scale.
- The operator of the Fukushima-1 nuclear plant reported no damage detected at the station following inspections.
- A related magnitude-6.0 aftershock off southeast Kamchatka briefly disrupted a hospital heating system that has since been restored, and Russia’s embassy reported no citizen requests for assistance.